British Spirits Wine
Collection:Central Lettering Record
Date: 1960s-1980s
Artist: Alan Bartram
Dimensions:
Sheet: 203 × 254 mm (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Medium: black & white photograph
Object number: CLR.2023.92.M
DescriptionLettering shown on a public house, on the door lintel bearing the license and licensee name, in a combination of letterforms: geometric capital letters reading ‘ALFRED D. ENOCH. COLLEY.’, bearing ‘LICENSED to RETAIL FOREIGN BRITISH SPIRITS WINE’ in hand-painted roman: English vernacular, condensed letterforms. Bottom line reading‘ ALES, PORTER & TOBACCO TO BE CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES’ informal mix of brush cursive with bifurcated (tuscan-style) capitals. Location: unknown.
